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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
3
Harness shop at 506 Pearl St. offers home made harness and repair goods with prices from 7.50 to 12.00 and up. J B Walthall of Jackson Mississippi promotes collars pads and whips as head quarters for harness gear. A humorous Stump piece recounts an Indiana campaign moment with a critical quip about political tactics.
A London Times analysis argues compulsion could apply to the idle, rich or poor, suggesting the unemployed receiving support should learn military drill rather than nonviable work. It claims moneyed men doing nothing harms the state and similar discipline might apply to them.
The late Russell Sage refused to transact with any man preceded into his office by a buzzing fly. A veteran broker was barred from business and only learned after a week why Sage paused dealings. The broker then ensured no flies accompanied him entering Sage’s presence.
The article notes improvements at the Scott Rank Normal with a state examination secured after staff losses. It recalls visits by Prof. J F Boyd and A G Stubblefield, a rain-postponed game, and a chapel talk by Rev Bryan Simmons. A spelling contest favored the “old timers” with Miss Graham and Mrs Clyde Stingily triumphing. It ends with agricultural notes urging fig trees and mulberry for poultry, castor beans, and fence posts.
A historical critique argues that the United States wastes resources on fires, citing 1907 fire losses at roughly 215 million dollars and annual New York City fire costs between six and eight million dollars. It notes San Francisco’s 1906 catastrophe and the high national burden on insurers, cities, and fire protection spending.
The fall is ideal for planting fig trees and they fruit well after two to three years. Planting a thousand trees could yield two to three thousand dollars annually from figs within two to three years, boosting fig supply and supporting canning plants with added employment and money circulation.
W R K Stevens of Oak Ridge writes of a bottle in bond tale in which a snake swallows an egg multiple times. He shoots the reptile as it hangs over a box, watching the egg pass through and be swallowed again, a grimly comic mishap recounted to the Vicksburg Democrat.
A Philadelphia Record note recounts a downtown school scene where a teacher tried to illustrate arithmetic with physical objects. The promotion to second grade led to a mix up over using 20 coffee beans as a daily aid, prompting a motherly clarification to prevent danger and misunderstanding.
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